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[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
I think I may have a bricked phone!

I was running midnight 5.2/genocide for a few weeks just fine when the visionkernel caught my eye. I wiped everything/formatted sd card and odined to stock, then flashed the dc05 modem. Installed sfr 1.1.0 and visionkernel just fine and was running it for two days. Did a little undervolting and ran 100-1000MHz (no overclocking). I had only downloaded voltage control, spare parts, cpu spy, and gingerbread keyboard.

Today at work my phone started freezing up a on me a little and I couldn't drag open the notification bar. After 10-15 secs, my phone vibrated once and turned off. Now I can't start up the phone, boot to CWM recovery, or even go into download mode. I tried at least 20 battery pulls and still no go. Tried plugging into a charger and no led notification light.

Help?

*edit* if it really is bricked, I'm going to wipe all the roms/themes off my sd card and take it to the sprint store to get a replacement phone right away (under insurance) but can they tell that my phone was rooted/modded at all? If so, what can I do so they can't trace that?
[Epic 4G Android Development] zentex:
well that doesn't make much sense...I decided to try the AOSP lockscreen from post #2 again...backed-up in CW (I'm paranoid now), installed the zip...and it worked with no FC or other hinkyness. Yet, last time I tried it the phone barfed little bits of silicone all over me.

just FYI and all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nikon120:
Have you tried taking out the battery and plugging in the charger to boot into download mode? I've read that can sometimes work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
Yes, it still does not work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jockovonred:
I think they would be able to tell regardless of wiping the SD card since ROOTing or loading a custom ROM modifies the phone, not so much the SD card. (i.e. /system/app would contain the root apk and /system/xbin/ would contain busybox; these are on the phone not the SD card.)

Of course they would have to be able to get power to the phone in order to be able to boot it up. I'd try a new battery first. If that doesn't work, I did see mention made of using Odin without the battery in place to revert to stock...so if you go the replacement route that might be your best option to be sure.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
I don't have another battery available, my only concern is them being able to see if my phone is rooted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tclarkey:
The sprint tech in my town couldn't even get past booting into download mode. He said it was bricked when in actuality I just needed a different usb cable to Odin back to stock.

In your case, if you can't even boot into download mode, recovery, etc., I would say it's bricked unless someone else has more ideas.

By the time you get your replacement, your original phone will be sent off to Sprintville where they will junk it. Unless they have some magic tool that we don't know about which I doubt since my Sprint tech didn't even know what Odin was...
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
Okay so After installing a theme the other day I started getting random locks. So I decided to do the 3x wipe I am getting so good at. Reinstalled the ROM and things seemed okay, but I am noticing much worse battery life.

After reading a lot of this thread over the months I remember reading about others issues with this. So I installed spare parts. It is showing, "Android system" under the partial wake tab as being on 100%, the phone never sleeps. I have tried a number of things that I have read to try in this thread but still getting the same problem.

I turned off Sync, and even tried airplane mode but still have the issue. I was going to try to hold out for 1.11, but because I have no idea when that will happen I am thinking of backing up my SD card contents to my laptop and wiping the whole thing Odining back to stock and building it back up from there.

Before I do that I want to make sure if anyone has any other ideas before I invest in the next few hours of my life to rebuilding my phone.

Thanks in Advance!!

Edit: Thought I should add it has the Google Sync logo up all the time, even after I turned of sync.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bender beerman:
maybe try reflashing the rom without wiping data, seems to work ok for some. also, in cwm>advanced>fix permissions
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
Cool, anyone else have other ideas?
[Epic 4G Android Development] siirus09:
Dont worry, if it really is bricked to the point it wont turn on then they wont be able to see it rooted/modded/etc. I bricked my phone so bad it wouldnt turn on, went to the store and told them that I was trying to update to Froyo manually using their program on the computer, and after it wouldnt work anymore. They kept it for 2 hours and when I came back they said they dont know wtf I did so they gave me a new phone, free.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I'd wipe data again, see if that takes care of your wakelock :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] socos25:
By wiping data you mean doing the 3x wipe again and start from scratch? If I do this would there be any advantage to formating the SD card? I'd just soon do everything I need to do now if I am going to have to reinstall all my apps again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Yes, and an sd format is always good just to be sure ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
Do any of you guys know why when i purchase an app it wont download and ive tried every step i can think of??
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Wipe the data of the market.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
I tried that already :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Could be a market issue, as a Hero user reported the same thing. Just give it a day.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nitefall:
I'm getting some weird occurances lately and it might have been mentioned already but my search skills suck....

Anyway one of the things is occasionally my radio turns off with no warning and there is no way to tell, then all of a sudden it resets and i get flooded with texts and voicemails lol. I'm not sure if it may be a program im running or not but it has been happening for awile now

The other thing that just started happening the last couple days is all of a sudden my screen will go black, the lights will still light up and i can still interact with the screen but it's not much fun like that. I was thinking it could be widget locker but I'm not sure because i have had that app for awile now and this just started happening the last couple days...

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read the wall lol sorry

and thanks for any help
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Not sure about the second problem, as for the first make sure you never clear level 2 ram. Try reflashing the rom wiping data if problems persist.
[Epic 4G Android Development] D623:
Anyone know why my battery wont read past 96... I did the calibrate thing and it won't charge past that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
A DAY ?!?!!?! i bought it 3 days ago :D idk starting to piss me off
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
No, let the market sit a day. I'm assuming you've tried to redownload/try a different market app?
[Epic 4G Android Development] jockovonred:
It's normal...
[Epic 4G Android Development] vikramjatt11:
whenever i flash this ROM on my epic, the phone gets stuck in airplane mode... i cannot figure out how to get it out of airplane mode... when i disable airplane mode, the phone keeps trying to disable it, but it is never disabled, the tries just keep on going...
[Epic 4G Android Development] yogi2010:
Have you rebooted the phone? I had this very thing happen this morning.... I simply rebooted and it went away.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vikramjatt11:
tried rebooting 2wice, didnt work...

did odin, everything started working again, rooted again with cwm3, wiped cache, dalvik, n other thing 3x each, flashed rom again, rebooted... once again the same problem...

now did odin again, n everything is working once again...
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Try a different kernel.

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CWM's a piece of crap. There's your answer. ;)

The constant syncing symbol is a sign of the SNS - social network sync - service going bat****. It's been doing this intermittently to people since the Moment. You can solve it by removing SnsAccount.apk and SnsService.apk from /system/app.

Yeah, this is usually if not always a Googlefail. It was very common late in the DI18 life cycle.

This is normal because of how the charging code is written by Samsung.

Bad modem flash. Reflash the EC05 modem in Odin.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Yup, normal it is.

Make sure you're on the EC05 modem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
Oh alright ill wait till tomorrow but im sure it wont work
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Like I said, you can try a new market app, like mine.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
And try on 3G, try opening Google Talk first... all of the tricks that were used on DI18.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
Strange, everything was running just perfect on the SRF. All I did was a reflash and it just not as quick as before.
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
where do i get it :confused::confused:
[Epic 4G Android Development] Overstew:
Did you restore or actually reflash?

If you restored, then you enabled journaling, which will slow the phone down a little.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
Just dropped my phone off at the sprint store, I figure if they can't get it to boot, I get a new phone. If they do get it to boot they will see that I'm rooted/modded and then what?
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
U GO TO JAIL :eek:
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
The market is in my sig, Impaled Darkness :)

Lol, no, they void the warranty and probably don;t give you a new one ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
Yea bro i got the market it looks nice by the way :D but it still didnt work :mad: and hahah yea i was kidding about the jail thing
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I know ;) Glad you like my market! Did you do the google talk trick like k0 said?
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
I won't need a new one, if they get it to turn on I will just take it home and odin. :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
True but they might lecture you and make you read all the fine print rules lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
And put it on your warranty that you rooted to void it :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] buggerritt:
They'd probably just tell you that they can't do anything with it, since it was rooted. Then you take it home, odin back to stock, and take it to another store (if you still have a problem).
[Epic 4G Android Development] sandman512:
OK, so redid everything. Now the camera does not work. WTF?

REBOOTED: Camera now works....

DOUBLE EDIT: Not working again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
So pretty much they won't work on it at all in the future and my insurance is void?

If they do get it to work I will just pretend like I didn't know I couldnt do that blah blah and try and sweet talk myself out of it lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] siirus09:
Not always, depending on how much the person helping you cares and/or knows about rooting/modding. I had to show my phone to a Sprint rep in the store and she decided to reboot it. She saw CWM pop up when she did Vol + Cam + Power and was shocked/confused. I just whistled innocently while she got the hang of it and proceeded to do whatever then reboot it.

After leaving the store I wiped the sweat off my brow. :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
True, I had my hero all modded, custom boot animation and all, and nobody from sprint even noticed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
LOL

I have taken it in once before to get my contacts transfered and the guy helping me before also had the epic and was talking about how he hadn't gotten froyo yet and was going to switch to the evo. I told him I 'messed' with my phone and got froyo and a theme on it and he was impressed and just said 'thats sick, I don't have the patience to **** with my phone like that though"

That was one of the guys at the desks, I wonder what the people in the back doing the repairs think.
[Epic 4G Android Development] s9ortner:
My phone took a **** a few hours ago. Took it to sprint and they couldn't get it to turn on, or go into recovery or download. The tech took the phone apart and said that the board was fried and ordered me a replacement.

I wonder what is causing all of the sudden bricks. Is it EXT4? The kernels?

ROMs?

I was running this ROM (journal on), and the new vision kernel at stock speeds and voltage. I was trying to use soundhound and it force closed and then the phone froze. I did a battery pull and then I had nothing but a paper weight. Now I'm rockin a Rumor 2 until Thursday, yay...
[Epic 4G Android Development] siirus09:
Well unless they are Sprint stock holders or die hard loyalist, they shouldnt care (read: hopefully dont care). At least I wouldnt care if I was simply a Sprint store minion making 8.25-10 an hour (California standards).

Speaking of Sprint employees, I was overcharged a bit on my bill so I chatted with a customer service rep the other day. She saw the error and ended up only crediting me for half the error. I went back to the chat and got someone else, that person ended up crediting me $70 more than he should have. Thanks Sprint, love ya. :p

That sucks, how the heck did you fry your board? Reminds me of a coworker who somehow using magic actually plugged in the usb cable in upside down into his Evo and fried his board.....amazing what people can do.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
I have been running EXT4 for a long time with no issues. Was on midnight/genocide for a few weeks before switching to SFR/Vision two days ago. There are way too many variables, so I'm not pointing fingers at anything or anyone, but that's what happened with my situation. I had done a full wipe/factory reset and reset odin to stock EB13 before installing SFR/vision. My phone had the same issue with it freezing while being used before it went to ****.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Lol usb upside down would be a gorilla in a bad mood and the end result was basically an "idiot tax" of $600 or so for him to buy a new phone. Or just the deductible on a replacement if he had insurance... Still, its fitting.

You can fry your phone in any number of ways. Maybe the kernel had a bad flash and some parameter was hosed and over volted the thing? Who knows. I had all sorts of issues with the vision kernel and the twilight kernel in the latest releases but the Genocide kernel is smooth at 1.4ghz playing movies/music/whatever. Twilight and Vision would cause crashes and massive skipping with videos... No idea but I reloaded ACS and flashed the Genocide kernel before I even did the initial boot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] vapur:
Could I get this APK I can't get the buddies now to install either even in system\apps Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
UPDATE: Just called the sprint store and they said it looks like they have to replace it

I don't know if this helps at all but I didn't overclock my phone but did have it undervolted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] zentex:
What recovery replacement would you recommend then?

After I saw someone comment that you said never use ROM Manager on the Epic, I uninstalled it...not that I ever used it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
We don't have a good one. And Rom manager doesn't work. ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nitefall:
Does anyone see anything wrong with using Titanium back up, I just wonder if maybe its the root cause of some of my problems
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I have no issues, but we recommend my backup pro.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nitefall:
hmm so maybe restore with Titanium and switch over to MBP?

Thanks for the quick responses ^^
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
No problem, and yeah we like MBP with everything, TB has too many issues for some :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
Went to the store, the guy said they tried replacing the slider (don't know why), and changing the battery but it didn't work. He was like "what the hell did you do to your phone?", and I was just like "i dunno, it just froze on me and wouldn't turn on anymore." Now I have to wait until thurs/fri, ****
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Do you still have your phone? See the thread in General, try Mystery's button, then do EXACTLY as tanimn advises.

EDIT: And to the user above, it's MyBackup Root. I can't say how Pro works. Probably just as well, but Root is free.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bender beerman:
it's also in the dev section, here's the link to the hardware reset for a truly bricked phone: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
[Epic 4G Android Development] uranidiot:
I too have had this problems.just use backup pro or backup root. Anyway this guys gotta Update his rom. Not the rom it used to b.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
The ROM is everything it used to be an more. The new browser has one small bug, but that will be resolved. The kernel isn't perfect for everyone, but that too will be resolved, and currently isn't an isse.
[Epic 4G Android Development] codkill:
A few weeks ago I had posted about having some slight issues, I don't even remember what now, because I have fixed them and have had ZERO problems since then. My battery life seems to get better every day, I haven't had a single freeze or crash and it has just been an absolutely wonderful rom. Thank you for the rom and for the (what seems like) instant support.

I have seen MyBackup Root mentioned many times before and see that most of you recommended it, but I've been using TI Backup for a while and have had no problems with it. Is there any reason to switch, like better features, or does MyBackup just tend to work better for most?

My only real question is if it is possible to just flash a custom pull down theme to this rom? Its just a purely cosmetic thing for me and isn't an issue if I can't, but I have looked at the theme section and don't seem to see any. Has anyone here flashed one and if so, where from? Thanks for the info and for the fantastic rom.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Thanks for your support! We recommend MBR, but if Titanium Backup is working for you, stick with it. But if it ever gives you problems in the future, switch! We've seen more problems with TB than MBR; MBR has worked essentially every time. And the president of Rerware endorses my endorsement. :p

For the pulldown - there aren't any just-pulldown themes out there. You can, however, replace whichever images you like - just dig into the theme and go.
[Epic 4G Android Development] burgerpimp07:
I still have it, ran all the fixes except for leaving the battery out overnight which I am doing tonight. I guess it doesn't really matter though because I have a new epic coming in a few days.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
If you don't have to return your device, it could be highly valuable to us - come find us on IRC if you'd like.
[Epic 4G Android Development] cache83:
WIFI tether?

so i know that wired tether isn't working with srf1.1 right now... got it.

when i try to start up my wifi tether though, i keep getting this message:

"Tethering started with errors! Please check 'Show log'."

is there a setup step that i'm missing, or does that function also not work for now? just curious.

BTW, i'm loving this ROM. thank you ACS!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ccnd8:
Cleared data for Wifi Tether, reinput your "proper settings" for Wifi Tether, and keep trying it again using only 3G first and eventually it will work correctly. Once it worked on 3G for you, you can either stop Wifi Tether and enable 4G on. If you are refering to Pre13, it's not as stable on this ROM when I tested it. Either the older Pre 12 or Pre 11 versions are working more stable. I prefers Pre 11 as it's, in my opinion, is the more stable. Good luck!

EDIT: Just found Pre 14 recently released. Tested and found still unstable in 4G!
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
If you don't desperately need the newest Wifi Tether, then get rid of it and download the stable one from the market. The experimental versions are useful for infrastructure mode, and in my wife's case, connecting her Galaxy Tab that otherwise can't see the wifi connection. The market version works just fine with my iTouch and laptop.

If you have to use the experimental version, try reinstalling it, and possibly try any of the different variations offered on the Google Code site. At best, I have to run it prior to activating the 4G, and then once I stop it, if I try to run it a second time it will reboot my phone. A hassle, but it can be made to at least work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] s9ortner:
I too have been running EXT4 for months. I've been running this ROM since it's release but just switched to the updated vision kernel the day before the brick happened.
[Epic 4G Android Development] skyheli:
Agreed. Browser bug.... I use Dolphin HD. Everything else seems to be working very well. I can crank it to 1.3ghz to play emulators and back to 1.0ghz. No FC's and still running NON-journaled. Problems must be due to the builds of the phones.

I had an HTC Evo that was having all sort of weird problems that other people did not have.....its gotta be phone builds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Scias:
Ok, I've been using this rom for about a week now and I'm really enjoying it. I do have some minor issues at times though and was wondering if other people had this problem too or if there was a known fix. Every now and then the media on the phone decides to not work properly. Sometimes I won't be able to view pictures or sometimes I can't play and sound files. Also when going to pick a ringtone for certain contacts the phone will freeze up then reboot and give some media force closes when it starts back up. Rebooting the phone usually helps but it gets annoying when notification sound doesn't work and I miss texts or something like that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] boominz28:
k0nane this thread is soo large now lol i actually stopped reading it while back. ive had no issues at all
[Epic 4G Android Development] jasonwalker1980:
Love It

I have ran this ROM now for a day and so far its amazing I am not really a newb at this stuff but newbie for chatting on here lol not much of one.. I came from a Sprint hero and I was using Fresh at that time and it was great but for this Epic HOLY SH*T This is faster than my laptop lol... Great job guys I am so glad to see people out there like you all doing this stuff I wish I had the time and support to make ROMS which I would love too..
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeremyglass:
Ok I wiped everything and reinstalled 1.1.0 and my email worked for 5 days and is now force closing....I cleared data and it will go back to where I have to input information but will not connect or work? Is there a fix for this in the works?! Like the OC to 1.3 over the last update...

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] DCRocks:
Been using this ROM for several weeks now, and the only issue I have had was with the 3D Gallery. Sometimes new pictures do not show up in the gallery after taken by the camra.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
Pro works just as good...I have had for a long time now...

Rom is just as good as previous builds...if not better....been running it since day 1 and have had zero issues...

Scias and DcRocks....format your SDcards...